Alfred Charles (Alfie) LAWSON

LAWSON, Alfred Charles

Service Number: NX42722
Enlisted: 13 August 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 April 1920
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, Malaya, 29 January 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dural St Jude's WW2 Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Signaller, NX42722
13 Aug 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX42722

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Biography contributed by Steve Farmer

Alfie was a descendant of two convicts Richard Loseby, Princess Royal 1822 and Mary Ann Rice, Grenada (4) 1827

Alife was born in Sydney on 7th April 1920

Alfie was a signalman and when his sergeant called for volunteers to fix a broken telephone line, Alfie volunteered and was hit by shrapnel.

My Dad (Alfie was his cousin) told me he could remember Alfie heading off to war in his uniform and carrying his gun. Dad also said the sergeant visited them at home when he was on leave and told them the story about how Alf died a hero.

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